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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses 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 variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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