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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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