Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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