Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always 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 subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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