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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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