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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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