Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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