Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free 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 many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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