Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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