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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models 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 participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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