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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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