Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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