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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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