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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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