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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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