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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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