Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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