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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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