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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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