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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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