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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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