Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open 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 learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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