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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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