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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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