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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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