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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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