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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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