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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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