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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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