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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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