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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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