Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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