Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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