Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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