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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key 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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