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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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