Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free 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 many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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