Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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