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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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