Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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