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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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