Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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