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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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