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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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