Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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