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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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