Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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