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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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