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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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