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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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