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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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