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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology enable students in nations all aver the world 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 classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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