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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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