Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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