Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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