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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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