Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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