Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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