Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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