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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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