Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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