Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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