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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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