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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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