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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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