Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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