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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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