Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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