Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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