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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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