Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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