Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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