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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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