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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What 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 stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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