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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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