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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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