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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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