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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners 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 issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the 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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