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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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