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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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