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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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