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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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