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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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