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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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