Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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