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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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