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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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