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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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