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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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