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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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