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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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