Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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