Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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