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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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