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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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