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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes 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. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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