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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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