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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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