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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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