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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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