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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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