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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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