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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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