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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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