Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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