Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily 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 topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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