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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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