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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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