Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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