Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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