Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally 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 issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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