Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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