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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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