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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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