Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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