Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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