Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free 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 online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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