Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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