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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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