Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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