Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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