Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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