Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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