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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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