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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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