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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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