Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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