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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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