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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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