Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 many topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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