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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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