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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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