Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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