Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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