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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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