Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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