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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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