Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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