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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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