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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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