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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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