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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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