Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 commonly free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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