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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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