Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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