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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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