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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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