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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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