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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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