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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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