Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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