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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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