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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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