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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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