Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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