Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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