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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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