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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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