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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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