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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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