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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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