Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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