Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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