Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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