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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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