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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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