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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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