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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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