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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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