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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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