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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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