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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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