Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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