Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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