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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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