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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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