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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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