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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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