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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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