Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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