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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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