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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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