Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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