Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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