Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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