Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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