Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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