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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources