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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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