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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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