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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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