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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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