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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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