Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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