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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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