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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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