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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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