Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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