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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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