Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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