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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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