Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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