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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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