Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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