Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually 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 many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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