Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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