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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand 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 resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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