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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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