Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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