Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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