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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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