Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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