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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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