Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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