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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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