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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes 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. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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