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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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