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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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