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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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