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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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