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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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