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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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