Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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