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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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