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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 several issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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