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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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