Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently 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 learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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