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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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