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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the 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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