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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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