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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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