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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies 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 participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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