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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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