Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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