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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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