Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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