Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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