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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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