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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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