Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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