Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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