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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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