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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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