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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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