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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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