Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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