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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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