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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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