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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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