Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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