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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models 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 we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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