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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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