Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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