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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with 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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