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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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