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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the 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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