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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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