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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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