Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always 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 online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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