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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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