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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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