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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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