Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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