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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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