Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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