Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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