Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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