Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are 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 many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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