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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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