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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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