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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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