Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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