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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students 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 many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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