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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different 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 organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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