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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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