Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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