Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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