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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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