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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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