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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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