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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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