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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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