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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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