Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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