Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses 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 issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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