Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC 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 several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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