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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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