Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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