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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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