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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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