Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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