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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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