Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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