Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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