Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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