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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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