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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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