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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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