Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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