Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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