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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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