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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always 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. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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