Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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