Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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 technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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