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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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