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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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