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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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