Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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