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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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