Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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