Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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