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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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