Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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