Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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