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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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