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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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