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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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