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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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