Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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