Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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