Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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