Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently 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 lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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