Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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