Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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