Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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