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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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