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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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