Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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