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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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