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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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