Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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