Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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