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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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