Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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