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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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