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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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