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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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