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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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