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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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