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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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