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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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