Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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