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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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