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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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