Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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