Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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