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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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