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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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