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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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