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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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