Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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