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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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