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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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