Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free 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 blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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