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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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