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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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