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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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