Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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