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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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