Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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