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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are 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 many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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