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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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