Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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