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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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