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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models 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 assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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