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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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