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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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