Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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