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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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