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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massively 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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