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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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