Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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