Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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