Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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