Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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