Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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