Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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