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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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