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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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