Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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