Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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