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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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