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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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