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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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