Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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