Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs