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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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