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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What 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 participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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