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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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