Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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