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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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