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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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