Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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