Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses 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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