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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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