Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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