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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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