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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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