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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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