Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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