Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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