Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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