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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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