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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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