Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students 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 learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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