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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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