Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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