Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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