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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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