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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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