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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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