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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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