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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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