Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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