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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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