Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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