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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines 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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