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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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