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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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