Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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