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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people 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 (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 customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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