Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally 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 elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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