Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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