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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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