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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently 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 technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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