Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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 many issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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