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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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