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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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