Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly 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 issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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