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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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