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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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