Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally 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 many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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