Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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