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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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