Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily 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 several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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