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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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