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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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