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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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