Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically 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 several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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