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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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