Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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