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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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