Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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