Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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