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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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