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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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