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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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