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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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