Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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