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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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