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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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