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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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