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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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