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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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