Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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