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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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