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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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