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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These 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 elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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