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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily 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 several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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