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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically 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 many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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