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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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