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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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