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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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