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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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