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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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