Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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