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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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