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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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