Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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