Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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