Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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