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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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