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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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