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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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