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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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