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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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