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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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