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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled students 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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