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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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