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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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