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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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