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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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