Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online 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 variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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