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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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