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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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