Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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