Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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