Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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