Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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