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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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