Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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