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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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