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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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