Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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