Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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