Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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