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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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