Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are 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 many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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