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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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