Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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