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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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