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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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