Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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