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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not 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 online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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