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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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