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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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