Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently 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 issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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