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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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