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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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