Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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