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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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