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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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